Charles h



CHARLES H. HARD, OF ONEI'DA, NEW YORK.

GoT-BED.4

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 252,459, dated January 17, 1882.

Application filed December 13,1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES H. HARD, ot Oneida, in the county of Madison and State ot New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cot-Beds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part ofthis specification, in which- Figure ltis a bottom perspective view ot my cot. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe same when folded. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 4, an enlarged side view of the head-rest, and Fig. 5 an enlarged perspective of the side bar with the 1eg-brace connections.

My invention relates to cots wherein a piece ot` canvas is secured to a folding frame, and wherein the legs and head rest can also be folded, so as to reduce the cot to a very compact shape for facility of packing and transporta- The improvements which I have made on folding cots consist mainly in the combination, with two side bars, to which the canvas bottom is attached, of jointed or foldinglegs, crossed or extension lever braces for the legs, and braces which are pivotedat their lower ends to the legs and providetLwith angular upper ends which slide in stop slots, and are held therein by suitable guards, as will be hereinafter ex plained. l

My invention also consists in the combination of longitudina-lly-folding `supporting and stretching bars with a iiexible head-rest, as will be hereinafter explained.

The/letter A designates thebottomot' the bed or cot,which is usually made ot strong canvas, and which in the present instance issecured to two parallelside bars, B B,of suitable width to aiord the required rigidity.

B B B B designate four supporting-legs, which are pivoted to the inner sidesot' the side bars, B, so as to fold' toward the'middle of the length thereof and lie closely between` them, as shown in Fig. 2. To eyes a, which are lixed to the inner sides ot'v the legs, are linked,by similar eyes, b, crossed lbraces() O, whicliare pivoted together in pairs at the middle of their length, and jointed by eyes c to eye-posts d, rigidly fixed to the inner sides ofthe side bars,

B, near the extremities thereof'. The two pairs ot' braces C G operate in the manner of extension-levers, and collapse and extend laterally while ex pandiii g or contracting the cot. Vhen the cot is fully contracted the said braces lie one over the other in pairs, and as the eyes and eye-posts above described are also arranged so as to lie over each other in pairs, it will be seen that the width ofthe cot when contracted will only be equal to the' thickness of the two side bars, two legs, and one ot' the extension levers or braces. The braces C serve, as their name implies, t0 brace the legs B when extended against lateral thrust or strain. They connect the legs ot' one sidebar to the opposite side bar, and they do not interfere with the collapsing of the cot or the distension thereof', nor with the folding or extension ofthe legs.

To each one of the legs B is pivotcd a brace, D, which is bent as shown in the` drawings. The free end of each brace is turned outward, and enters a groove, c', made longitudinally into tbeinner sideof the side bar, and is held therein by a guard-rail,'d'. The outer end of each groove c terminates in a short right-angular extension, c,'which is designed to receive the angular free end ot' the brace D when the side bars, B, are fully extended, to lock the parts in this position.

To erect the cot the legs are adjuisted in the inclined positions shown in Fig. 1, and the angular ends ot' the bracesD are pressed downward into the short slots c. To fold the cot the said angular ends of the braces D are adjusted into the longitudinal slots c and the side bars are pressed together,which will bring the legs and their braces snugly between said bars.

G G designate the supporting-bars for the flexible head-rest J. Each bar G is pivoted to two arms, h It. that are pivoted in semicircular recesses f, formed on the upper outer edge of the side bars,-B B. These arms it h are near their lower ends bent at right angles, as seen Vat c', Fig. 4,/thus enabling them to lie along the` top of the rail B when folded down and forming a shoulder which abuts against the edge ofthe recessf when the headlrest is raised and prevents it from falling backward.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf

TOO

1. The combination of the folding side bars, the flexible bottom secured thereto, the pivoted legs, and the extension or crossed braces pivoted together and connected by linked eyes to said legs and side bars, substantially as de'- scribed.

2. The combination of the side bars having a exible bottom secured to them, the folding legs pivoted to the side-bars, the extensionbraces pivoted to the side bars and legs, the angular pivoted braces D, the grooves c c", and the guard rails d', substantially as described.

3. The combination of the flexible head-rest J the folding and supporting bars G therefor, 15 the angnlarly-bent arms h h', and the recesses f therefor, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afx my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES H. HARD. 

